Cigarette-box.



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CIGARETTE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 21, 1911.

Patentedune4, 1912.

Serial No. 661,471.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN CoHoN, ofIVestwood, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful-Improvement in Cigarette-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to paper boxes for cigarettes or little cigars,of that type com- """"---prising an outer, flattened tubular, openendcasing, and an inner slidable and removable container or inner box. Aserious defect of boxes of this kind is that after part of theircontents has been withdrawn the remainder is free to topple over andmove about, so that frequently the cigarettes or the like become bro-kenand unfit for use.

The object of this invention is to provide the inner container of a boxof this general character with means for holding the contents in placeirrespective of the number of cigarettes that have been removed.

A further object is to enable the same provision to facilitate theremoval of the contents.

The invention consists in the structure which will now be brieflydescribed in oonjunction with an illustrative embodiment thereof andwhich will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention by means of thepreferred embodiment thereof: Figure 1 is a front view of the box, withthe inner slidable container pushed upward and the closure flap open,the cigarettes or litt-le cigars being indicated by dotted lines; Fig. 2is a side sectional elevation corresponding to Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a frontview of the inner container; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary horizontalsection.

The numeral 10 indicates the outer openend casing, and 11 the innerslidable and removable container. These parts may be of any suitablesize and proportions, and their form may be varied. The container 11 isshown as comprising a broad back wall 12, narrow side walls 13, a bottomend wall 14, and a broad front wall 15. The walls 14 and 15 preferablyconstitute a long flap extension of the back wall 12. The front wall 15may be longer or shorter, according to preference. The container alsohas a top flap or closure 16, of any usual or suitable form, forpermitting the contents of the box to be removed endwise. One or both ofthe broad walls of the container are provided with portions partly cutout and bent up internally, so as to afford division members 17 and 17a,which separate the interior of the container into individual cigarettecompartments. These division walls or tabs are bent up on parallel,longitudinal, approximately equidistant lines. In the best embodiment ofthe invention each of the front and back walls 15 and 12 is providedwith a transverse series of these division members. The two series 17and 17L are spaced from each other longitudinally of the box, andproject in opposite directions into the interior thereof, so as tocoperate to form the cigarette 4or cigar compartments. The divisionmembers 17 of the front wall 15 are preferably located near the lowerend of this wall, while the division members 17a of the back wall areadjacent the closure iiap 16 at the upper end of the box. The openings18 in the upper part of the back wall 12 of the container left by thebending up of the members 17a facilitate the removal of the cigarettes,when the container is pushed upward and the flap 16 lifted, by reason ofthe fact that the articles can be grasped between the thumb at one sideand a finger at the other side acting through one of these openings 18.

The operation of the invention will be obvious from the foregoingdescription.

What is claimed as new is:

A cigarette box comprising an outer open-end casing and an innerslidable container having front and back walls, said front and backwalls being provided with portions partly cut out and bent up in0pposite directions in the interior of the container so as to form atransverse series of division members on each wall, said series beingspaced longitudinally from each other and cooperating to divide theinterior into compartments each of which is adapted to hold a cigarette.

In witness whereof I hereunto sign my name.

.BENJAMIN COI-ION.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE G. GALsToN, MAURICE I-Io'rcHNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

